That guy who blew the cover on this whole thing... everyone is calling him a ******* patriot and **** . This guy is not a patriot, he's a terrible person. He's a ******* asshole and idiot. The government was just trying to keep us safe but this guy ruined it and now everyone is over reacting to what the government did. I'm sorry that i'm not paranoid and think the world is out to get me... ******* nutcases. Calm down and get over yourself, you're not that important that they'd waste their time spying on you. This was supposed to protect us from terrorists and other things. If you have nothing to hide then there's no issue. I hope this guy is caught and thrown in prison for being a god damn traitor.

I somewhat agree that the government isn't out to get us and all, but a little healthy paranoia isn't a bad thing at all. Keep in mind that there have been corrupt governments throughout history, so saying that you have full trust in the government just as dumb as thinking they are out to get you. As for Snowden being a patriot or not, I don't really care. I don't think he is a hero but I also don't think he is a criminal.

TL;DR: don't act like the government is out to get you all the time but at the same time, don't act like they are perfect and are acting for your well being all the time

Who I am isn't what's important, it's what i'm saying. Listen to the message, i'm no one important don't worry. No on is actually spying on you... There are BILLIONS of emails and phone calls made daily. They don't have the time or man power to actually look at every one of these. They have more important things to do. You're no one important and neither am I, they wont be looking at any of our information don't worry.

Traitor? For doing what? Telling people the government is trying to watch everything you do? And I'm not paranoid or think the world is out to get me either, I just want my privacy. I don't need someone to be watching everything I do. And if a government wants to keep it's people safe, then it would do more and better things than just spying on them for the possibility that they are a terrorist.

Yes he's a traitor. He signed a binding contract of confidentiality and he broke it. He betrayed the government with he had the contract with. No one is spying on you. There are BILLIONS of emails and phone calls made every day. They don't have the time or man power to actually look at all of these. They have more important things to do. You're no one important and neither am I, they wont be looking at any of our information don't worry.

There would be a lot more bombings and shootings if the government wasn't doing it's job you stupid **** ... they can't stop every single ******* one but they can limit the numbers that actually occur.

-This isn't one of those things. This is a good thing.
-Patriot act
-It is. There would be A LOT more attacks on US soil if the government wasn't doing their job. We can't stop every single ******* one you idiot but we can limit them.

"this is a good thing" isn't exactly a response its an opinion, and where is your proof that it is working, if I remember correctly they haven't been able to prove that spying has helped them stop any attacks, I might be wrong but this is just what I know

I didn't say they weren't protecting the citizens, I said the NSA spying isn't working and you blindly defended it with no proof just your opinion and you're not even making sense. Me being alive doesn't prove **** . I thought you might be able to change my mind and i was willing to listen but you're just ******* retarded

What the guy below me said about letting the terrorists know. But also they knew the public would over react and they didn't want to unnecessarily scare them. And guess what? THE GOVERNMENT WAS RIGHT! Way to prove them right by doing exactly what they expected you to do.

If they'd told the public, they'd told the terrorist, that's probably their reason. Also, I haven't really paid any attention to the whole ordeal, the gouvernment only spied on americans, no? 'Cause if they tried to pull some internet police and spied on everyone then I'm giving up on american politics.

They have the authority to spy on any internet traffic that passes through or is hosted in the USA. The includes anything Americans do as well as most of the stuff that Canadians do, among other countries. And the "terrorists" either already knew about it, or they're not able to take advantage of it. The kind of cyber terrorists that feed on this information would have noticed it long ago.

Well at least they aren't all-out spying on the entire internet. Even as I don't really have anything to hide (The most productive things I do on the internet is talk to friends and play video games) I still like to do so privately. for example, I can only imagine some 16-year-old intern jacking it to my conversations to my now-ex. I'd be so sad for him, y'know?

It is working. There would be a **** ton more attacks on US soil if the government wasn't doing their jobs you idiot. We can not stop every single ******* one but we can lower the amount that actually work.

i'm fully aware of that, considering the most recent major terrorist attack came from Americans and was at a fairly pivotal point as far as Americans opinion about the government spying on its people goes. Also i'm not sure you can assume the number of thwarted attacks, as it's confidential